Program areas at Little Sun
Food Security- Providing funding and equipment to aid local food production, primarily focusing on improving livelihoods of local farmers without electricity. Program provides solar powered egg incubation, rice milling, irrigation to local communities in sub saharan africa.
Solar Lighting Systems for Homes - Sales and installation of solar home systems in the Mumbwa, Zambia rural community. This program allows participating families to light their households and businesses to stay secure and open after dark. Little Sun Zambia employs local individuals for sales and system maintenance. Little Sun also launched a MESH system that enables homes to provide surplus solar energy to nearby buildings.
Health - Providing solar powered devices to community health facilities in rual areas that donot have access to electricity. Providing Integrated solar development projects in remote countries to facilitate lighting, cold storage, and provviding power to medical devices and labratory services.
Education- Working with Ethiopian and oter african countries education authorities to distribute solar lamps and phone chargers to in order to provide lighting capabilities to those without electricity, to facilitate teaching and access to educational content.
Who funds Little Sun
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Little Sun
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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John Heller | Board Chair / Chief Executive Officer | $183,898 | 2022-12-31 |
Clay Tarica | Director of Art and Philanthropy | $0 | 2023-11-15 |
Sarah Ryerson | Treasurer / Board Member | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
Financials for Little Sun
Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,340,238 | $460,445 | 408.3% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $319 | $896 | -64.4% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $48,558 | -100% |
Total revenues | $2,340,557 | $509,899 | 359% |
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Data update history
July 11, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $1,000,000 from Jewish Communal Fund January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 29, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedOperates internationallyTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 50 Beach Ave
- Larchmont, NY 10538
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- County
- Westchester County, NY
- Website URL
- littlesun.org/Â
- Phone
- (917) 541-6342
IRS details
- EIN
- 30-1068365
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2018
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- Z99: Z99
- NAICS code, primary
- 813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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